Guests at this year's Tauranga Gala Dinner can expect a rare insight into the experience of women in rugby from Black Ferns star Kelly Brazier.

The highly experienced – and ultra-fit - utility back, who delighted Kiwi fans by sprinting 80 metres for the winning try in the Commonwealth Games sevens final victory over Australia in April, is keynote speaker at the glamour event, Friday, September 21 at ASB Baypark Arena.

Memories of that golden moment on the Gold Coast will no doubt pop up during the course of the evening.

'Yeah I don't think I'll be forgetting that one anytime soon,” she says.

'It was pretty special for our team because we had actually lost to Australia four weeks before in the final of the Sydney sevens.

'So to turn it around in the space of four weeks, and for me scoring that try at the end there, it was a real wicked experience looking back on it now.”

Kelly says her rugby life has been pretty full-on over the past year, and she's got plenty of tales to share with the audience.

'Hopefully a few laughs, a few insights into what our team gets up to on tour, I guess what our training days look like, inside info.

'We've had a pretty busy year with the 2017 World Cup last year and the global series this year, and Commonwealth Games and then the sevens World Cup.”

The Tauranga resident of six years is enjoying a few weeks away from the game, including a spell in her home town of Dunedin visiting friends and family, but says she's looking forward to getting back with her teammates – if they'll have her back after spilling the beans on them – and into the heat of battle in October.

'Hopefully, fingers crossed – get selected and then back into it.”

For further information and bookings go to: www.taurangagaladinner.co.nz